My husband is active duty in the Airforce. As many of you may know, each branch has their own military Dress uniform. The Airforce Dress uniform is dark blue pants, with a ligh blue dress shirt, and a dark blue jacket with patent leather shoes.

Instead of buying or renting a tux, would this be acceptable for the formal night aboard ship? Have you ever seen anyone wearing their military dress for formal nights?

My husband is active duty in the Airforce. As many of you may know, each branch has their own military Dress uniform. The Airforce Dress uniform is dark blue pants, with a ligh blue dress shirt, and a dark blue jacket with patent leather shoes.

Instead of buying or renting a tux, would this be acceptable for the formal night aboard ship? Have you ever seen anyone wearing their military dress for formal nights?

It's always proper for a member of the armed forces who is on active duty to wear the appropriate uniform to a social function. Uniform regulations for the armed forces basically stipulate that the uniform should correspond to the dress prescribed for civilian personnel. Here's a rough equivalence chart.